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Suspected Iranian Hackers Target Water Systems In At Least 12 States After Iran-Linked Arizona Election Portal Attack

August 7, 2026 10:06 amAugust 21, 2026 1:39 pm

Federal investigators are examining a wave of cyberattacks that disrupted municipal water operations across at least 12 states, weeks after an Iran-linked group claimed it breached systems associated with a major California water utility and more than a year after...

Ringside: Debunking the Allegedly Prohibitive Cost of Desalination

August 5, 2026 12:00 pmAugust 5, 2026 12:00 pm

Earlier this summer a guest op-ed appeared in the Orange County Register, “Learning the right lesson from San Diego’s desal water surplus.” But the “lesson” presented was only partly accurate. What the authors, both affiliated with the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC),...

Nevada Governor Lombardo Vows To Fight ‘Devastating’ Federal Colorado River Water Plan

July 31, 2026 4:49 pmJuly 31, 2026 4:52 pm

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo spoke out Friday against a new federal plan for managing water from the Colorado River, warning it could unfairly cut Nevada’s share and hurt the state’s economy and communities.The U.S. Department of the Interior released a...

Ringside: Dredging the Delta Can Prevent a Catastrophe

July 22, 2026 3:00 pmJuly 22, 2026 3:01 pm

It’s January 2027, and for the last few months, a super El Nino has already delivered torrential rains to the Pacific Coast of North America. California’s reservoirs have been releasing record quantities of water to preserve space for the next round...

California’s Absurd ‘Gay Certification’ Process for Utility Contracts

June 20, 2026 12:00 pmJune 20, 2026 11:18 pm

Recent reporting has pulled back the curtain on yet another California scheme that prioritizes identity over merit in the distribution of public resources. Through the California Public Utilities Commission’s Supplier Diversity Program under General Order 156, large investor-owned utilities face...

Strange Fire: The Fires That Don’t Belong

June 18, 2026 12:24 pmJune 18, 2026 12:36 pm

Fire is changing — not just in acreage, but in behavior, heat, speed, and what it consumes. The story we keep being told is true: drought, climate, fuel loads, longer seasons. But none of it fully accounts for what experienced...

Another Really Dumb Idea in Green Virtue Signaling

June 1, 2026 12:54 pmJune 1, 2026 3:32 pm

By Andy Caldwell and Roy Reed In my 35 years of serving as a county government watchdog, I have seen the Gaviota coast and prime agricultural lands throughout the county preserved at all cost by county supervisors, even when it...